Feather duster.



No. 824,512. PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906.

J. E. SNEVELY.

FEATHER DUSTER. APPLICATION EILED AUG. 23, 1905.

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JAMES E. sNEVELY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

FEATHER DUSTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 1906.

To aIZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES E. SNEVELY, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Franclsco, in the county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FeatherDusters, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to. the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to feather dusters.

The object of the invention is to produce a feather duster with themaximum of strength and the minimum of weight, maintaining itsappearance in form and symmetry, and to overcome defects in featherclusters as heretofore constructed.

The invention consists in certain constructions and combinations ofparts, substantially as pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section through the brush-head. Fig.2 is a central section of the metallic lining. Fig. 3 is an elevation ofthe metal ferrule. Fig. 4 is a broken elevation of the handle. Fig. 5 isa side elevation of the feather-support.

It is desirable that the head to which the feathers are attached be ofsoft and light wood, because the feathers can better be attached to asoft-wood head and because a duster with a light head is much moredesirable to use. By my construction I overcome many difficulties andobjections heretofore existing in this art.

The head 1 which I employ is preferably of some soft and light wood, aspine, cedar, bass-wood, or the like. It is generally of the form of adouble frustum of cones with their bases joined and one end issurrounded by grooves 2 2 2, in which the feathers are secured. The headis preferably bored out hollow and may be recessed, as at 30, to reduceweight. When constructed as I will describe, the head has littletendency to split, even when made very thin and light. That part of thehead 1 to which the handle is attached is internally screw-threaded andlined with a thin-threaded lining or bushing 4, of metal. The outer end5 of this bushing is turned or spun over the end of thehead, and ametallic ferrule 6 is passed over the tapering end of the head and overthe outturned end of the bushing or lining, the lining and ferrule beingcompressed or crimped, as

at 7, to hold the metallic parts together and on the head.

The feathers 10 are made flexible by removing the inside part of thequill, as usual. The remaining quill portions of the feathers are lacedin series in the grooves 2 2 2 and are mly bound to the head and bentdown into such grooves by winding with wire 11. As the quills arecompressed into the grooves 2 2 2 they incline to spring out. To preventthis, a supporting inturned ring or ferrule 20 is applied to the outerlayer of feathers. This supportingferrule has an inward bend 21, whichcoincides with the groove 2, over which it is applied. The ring orferrule 20 may be of stiff pasteboard or of metal or other suitablematerial.

A tapering sleeve 15,- composed of stiff pasteboard, veneer, or somestiff and light substance, has its smaller end inclosed by the large endof ferrule 6, and the larger end incloses the inner or quill ends of thefeathers. This stiff sleeve gives greater strength to the feathers thandoes any old form of construction known to me. or paper cover 16 offr-usto-conical form may be applied, as is common.

The handle 19 is of wood and is screwthreaded at the end which entersthe lining 4. As the handle is apt to be of harder wood than theduster-head, it does not generally need a metallic ferrule or thimble.The ferrule 6 and wire winding of the head give great strength thereto,while adding but slightly to the weight. The duster as a whole isstronger than others of like weight known to me. The stiff sleeve 15covers the recess 30 in the head and serves as a strengthening-cover tothe base of the duster, thus adding strength to the device.

' hat I claim 1s 1. A feather-duster head of soft wood, having anenlarged end surrounded by grooves, in which feathers are secured, thecentral ortion of the body being cut away, the smaller end being coredand supplied with an internal screw-threaded metallic lining in positionto receive the threaded handle.

2. A feather-duster head of wood and having feathers secured near oneend thereof, a stiff sleeve over the secured ends of the feathers, and ametallic ferrule surrounding the end of said stiff sleeve, all combined.

A leather, cloth,

3. A Wooden head for a feather duster hav- 1ng an axial bore, a threadedmetallic bushing or handle-socket in said bore, a metallic ferrulesurrounding that part of the wooden head in which the bushing isinclosed, and means for securing feathers to the end of the head remotefrom said ferrule, all combined.

4. A hollow head for a feather duster having means for attachment offeathers at one end, said head being bored at the opposite end andprovided with a screw-threaded metallic bushing, a metallic ferruleoutside the head and crimped to said bushing, and a threaded handle toenter the bushing.

5. In a feather duster, a grooved head,

feathers resting in the groove, bindingwires I in presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES E. sNEvELY.

Witnesses:

R. S. PARK, J. C. BYRD.

